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HISTORY OF Page 1 of 6 STAMFORD SHOESTRING THEATRE Updated 15th Jan 2020 Shoestring started life as Stamford Music and Drama Club in 1943. In 1959 the group morphed into Stamford Amateur Stage. In 1963, it changed its name again, and became Stamford Shoestring Theatre. Shoestring has performed on many stages in the town, starting with Stamford School and Stamford High School Halls, the Darby & Joan Hall, the Congregational (now United Reformed) Church Hall and finally came to rest at Stamford Theatre as Stamford Arts Centre's resident amateur repertory company from 1978. Performance history 2021 Dec Sept June Mar 2020 Dec A Christmas Carol Sept ?? June London Assurance Mar The Seagull 2019 Dec Blue Stockings Sept Ladybird, Ladybird The Roses of Eyam (at the Minack Theatre) June The Roses of Eyam Mar The Herd 2018 Dec My Boy Jack Sept Perfect Nonsense June Kindertransport Mar An Enemy of the People 2017 Dec Nell Gwynn Sept The Memory of Water June One Man, Two Guvnors Mar Tartuffe 2016 Dec Roots Sept Good People August The Shaugraun (at the Minack Theatre) June The Shaugraun Mar Good Things 2015 Dec See How They Run Sept The Homecoming July The Chalk Garden May Travels With My Aunt Mar A Dolls House HISTORY OF Page 2 of 6 STAMFORD SHOESTRING THEATRE Updated 15th Jan 2020 2014 Dec Cowardy Custard Sept The Accrington Pals June The Playboy of the Western World Mar A View from the Bridge 2013 Dec The Winslow Boy Sept God of Carnage June Anne Boleyn July Anne Boleyn (at the Minack Theatre) Mar Talking Heads 2012 Dec Men Should Weep Sept Ladies' Day June Life After George Mar Loot 2011 Dec Dandy Dick Sept Disposing of the Body June Single Spies Mar Translations 2010 Dec A Woman of No Importance Sept The Odd Couple June On the Razzle July On the Razzle (at the Minack Theatre) Mar The Birthday Party 2009 Dec Blithe Spirit Sept Hoovering on the Edge June The Lady in the Van Mar Uncle Vanya 2008 Dec Oh! What a Lovely War Sept Art June Losing Louis Mar Mary Stuart 2007 Dec A Voyage Round my Father Sept Playhouse Creatures June The Madness of George Ill July The Madness of George Ill (at the Minack Theatre) March Woman in Mind 2006 Dec The Lion in Winter Sept Vincent in Brixton June A Month in the Country March A Small Family Business 2005 Dec Lady Windermere's Fan Sept Shadowlands June Humble Boy March Getting On 2004 Nov Vanity Fair Sept Separate Tables June An Inspector Calls March All My Sons HISTORY OF Page 3 of 6 STAMFORD SHOESTRING THEATRE Updated 15th Jan 2020 2003 Nov Chorus of Disapproval Sept Cripple of Inishmaan June Ring Round the Moon July Ring Round the Moon (at the Minack Theatre) March Arcadia 2002 Nov Journey's End Sept Absent Friends June Lucky Sods March Ivanov 2001 Nov School for Scandal Sept Amy's View June The Rise and Fall of Little Voice Mar Give me Your Answer Do 2000 Nov Gaslight Sept Lettice and Lovage July The Three Musketeers (at the Minack Theatre) June The Three Musketeers Mar Night of the Iguana 1999 Nov An Ideal Hisband Sept Stevie June 84 Charing Cross Road Mar T'is Pity She's a Whore 1998 Nov Seasons' Greetings Sept The Crucible June The Glass Menagerie Mar Bequest to the Nation 1997 Nov When We Are Married Sept The Sisters Rosensweig June The Diary of Ann Frank Mar Habeus Corpus 1996 Nov Measure for Measure Sept Our Country's Good June Hedda Gabler Mar Death of a Salesman 1995 Nov Night Must Fall Sept Dancing at Lunghasa June Absurd Person Singular Mar Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1994 Nov Steel Magnolias Sept Terra Nova June Private Lives Mar The Cherry Orchard 1993 Nov London Assurance Sept Shakers June The Dock Brief/Edwin Mar Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? HISTORY OF Page 4 of 6 STAMFORD SHOESTRING THEATRE Updated 15th Jan 2020 1992 Nov The Importance of Being Earnest Sept Daisy Pulls It Off June Time and Time Again Mar A Touch of Danger 1991 Dec Abelard and Heloise Sept Tom Jones June My Mother Said I Never Should Mar The Elephant Man 1990 Nov The Happiest Days of Your Life Sept Rosencrantz and Gilderstern are Dead June Present Laughter Mar California Suite 1989 Nov Amadeus Sept Stepping Out June Duet for One Mar A Man for All Seasons 1988 Nov Waiting in the Wings Sep Cause Celebre Mar The Anniversary 1987 Nov Golden Pathway Annual June Ring Round The Moon Mar Pack of Lies 1986 Nov The Real Inspector Hound/The Critic June Blithe Spirit Mar Middle Age Spread 1985 Nov On The Razzle June Born in The Gardens Mar Bedroom Farce 1984 Nov Three Sisters June The Gingerbread Man Mar Hay Fever 1983 Nov The Dresser June Waltz of the Toreadors Mar The Sea 1982 Nov Outside Edge May Stage Struck Mar A Voyage Round my Father 1981 Nov The School for Scandal June Hijack over Hygenia Mar Ten Times Table 1980 Nov Everything in the Garden July Love From Shoestring Mar A Doll's House 1979 Nov The Rivals Mar The Winslow Boy HISTORY OF Page 5 of 6 STAMFORD SHOESTRING THEATRE Updated 15th Jan 2020 1978 Dec Under Milk Wood Oct How The Other Half Lives March Wanted One Body 1977 Nov Habeus Corpus Mar The Crucible 1976 Oct When We Are Married March Hobson's Choice 1975 Nov Third Music Hall May Pools Paradise 1974 Nov The Way of the World June East Lynne March Strike Happy 1973 Nov Shoestring Theatre Looks North June Second Music Hall Feb The Enquiry 1972 Nov Sailor Beware Sept The Mayor of Torontal June The Hollow Crown 1971 Nov The Rape of the Belt Sept The Innocents July Under Milk Wood March Speaking of Murder 1970 Nov Say Who You Are Oct The Government Inspector Feb Murder in the Cathedral 1969 Nov Hiss the Villain Oct Teahouse of the August Moon June Old Time Music Hall Feb The Blue and The Purple 1968 Nov Hotel Paradiso Sept Five to Five-thirty March Too Soon for Daisies Feb The Caretaker 1967 Nov She Stoops to Conquer Oct Heartbreak House July Blithe Spirit April Something to Hide 1966 Dec The Grass is Greener Sept Johnny Belinda April Interlude March The Applecart 1965 Dec Goodnight Mrs Puffin Sept How Are You Johnny June The Long & The Short & The Tall Feb Temple Folly HISTORY OF Page 6 of 6 STAMFORD SHOESTRING THEATRE Updated 15th Jan 2020 1964 Dec The Reluctant Debutante Oct Heaven and Charing Cross May The Lady's not for Burning Feb Doctor in the House 1963 Nov Roar Like A Dove June All My Sons March The Conquest As Stamford Amateur Stage Feb Haul for the Shore 1962 Nov Black Chiffon Sept The Happy Marriage June Nude with Violin Feb Waters of the Moon 1961 Dec Angels in Love Sept The Sound of Murder June A Midsummer Nights Revels May The Noble Spaniard Feb Gaslight 1960 Dec Bell Book and Candle Sept Breath of Spring May Miranda April Gilbert & Solomon Feb Message for Margaret 1959 Dec But Once a Year As Stamford Music & Drama Club 1958 July King Oedipus March One Act Plays 1957 Dec Edward My Son June The Taming of the Shrew 1956 Nov Dear Brutus June Antigone March The Pardonner's Tale 1955 Dec Blithe Spirit 1954 Nov White Sheep of the Family 1953 Nov Ten Little N*****s June Midsummer Mixture 1952 Nov Lady Precious Stream June Rose Without a Thorn 1951 June Midsummer Nights Revels March The Castell of Perseverance 1946 May Quinneys 1945 April The Late Christopher Bean Jan Dangerous Corner 1944 Nov Androcles & The Lion June The Farmer's Wife 1943 Oct Cradle Song Spring Man of Destiny.